Clinical Approach to Shortening Length of Hospital Stay in Elderly Patients With Acute Heart Failure Requiring Intensive Care.

The length of hospital stay (LOHS) after acute heart failure (AHF) is too long in Japan. The clinical approach to shortening LOHS is an urgent issue in the aging Japanese society. Of 1,473 AHF patients screened, 596 patients >75 years old were enrolled.

Relationship between LDL-C reduction after coronary revascularization and prevention of recurrence of cardiovascular events.

Purpose: The purpose of our study was to optimize lipid-lowering therapy in patients undergoing coronary revascularization and to determine whether the percentage change in low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C) level in the 3 months after coronary revascularization could be used as a predictor of the time to recurrence of coronary artery disease (CAD).

Methods: Biochemical values of patients undergoing lipid-lowering therapy after receiving coronary revascularization at the Nippon Medical School Chiba Hokusoh Hospital, Japan, were retrospectively investigated. Recurrence of a cardiovascular event (CVE) was defined by death, myocardial infarction, or angina caused by coronary revascularization more than 3 months after the first event.